MRA pelvis wo IV cont at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,654.79

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,654.79

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$399.29 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,989.31 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $399.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $399.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $399.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $399.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $399.29 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $519.68 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $792.34 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $865.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $865.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $865.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $865.12 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $878.56 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $931.67 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $931.67 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $964.79 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,171.24 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,357.58 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,577.19 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,577.19 ↓ -76%
TX Workforce Commission GVT $1,597.15 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,763.52 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $2,127.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $2,136.19 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $2,136.19 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $2,136.19 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,275.94 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,275.94 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,275.94 ↓ -66%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,329.18 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,661.92 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $2,668.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $2,668.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $2,668.57 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $2,739.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,861.56 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,881.52 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,881.52 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,881.52 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,994.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,994.66 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,547.00 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,660.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,660.13 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,992.87 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,992.87 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,992.87 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,325.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,991.09 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,456.93 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,656.57 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,656.57 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,656.57 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,989.31 ↓ -10%

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MRA pelvis wo IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,565.24 $328.59 – $3,354.08
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $904.75 $279.65 – $2,585.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $625.05 $400.00 – $3,750.30
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $904.75 $328.59 – $2,585.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $904.75 $328.59 – $2,585.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $904.75 $328.59 – $2,585.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,366.47 $300.00 – $1,952.10
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $904.75 $328.59 – $2,585.00

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